Aftershock - Nepal's Untold Water Story

On 25 April 2015, Nepal experienced the country’s worst earthquake in 80 years, followed on 12 May by a second quake. Nearly half of all water supplies were destroyed across earthquake-affected areas, leaving thousands of people without enough clean water and vulnerable to disease. The film follows plumber Krishna Sunuwar, 58, as he works with his neighbours to repair the village’s water system after the devastating earthquakes.

“Aftershock: Nepal’s Untold Water Story” is the charity WaterAid’s first virtual reality film. Shot in the hilltops of Kharelthok, home to 3,900 people, the film brings viewers closer to WaterAid’s work than ever before and demonstrates - in 360⁰detail - the water challenge after the earthquakes.

Free admission to the ground floor of the Casino Luxembourg with access to the “BlackBox” exhibition room, the “Aquarium” and the ca(fé)sino. Free Night every Thursday from 6pm to 11pm.

Screenings

Thu

02/03

11:00

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from 11am to 11pm

Public

Fri

03/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Sat

04/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Sun

05/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Mon

06/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Wed

08/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Thu

09/03

11:00

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from 11am to 7pm

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Fri

10/03

11:00

Casino Luxembourg

from 11am to 7pm

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Sat

11/03

11:00

Casino Luxembourg

from 11am to 7pm

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Sun

12/03

11:00

Casino Luxembourg

from 11am to 7pm

Public

“Virtual reality gives us the opportunity to take people closer to our work than ever previously possible. By using this new medium we hope to engage supporters in the reality of where we work and the challenges we face as well as inspire them by proudly showing how we work alongside fantastic community members and project partners. The beauty of this medium is that it allows the viewer to be fully immersed and we look forward to seeing the reactions of people all over the world as they are transported to Kharelthok.” Catherine Feltham for Virtualrealityreporter.com, 10/07/2016.

“I think that we know that a lot of people in the UK aren’t going out of their way to find films by charities, and the story that we’ve told in Kharelthok of Krishna and the others is one we’ve told lots of times, people overcoming challenges to make their lives better. By using VR we hoped to attract people as interested in the technology as they are in the story, people who wouldn’t necessarily be hanging out for the next WaterAid film might want to find more about us and what we do”. Steve Melia (Film Manager) for the HuffingtonPost, 09/30/2016

Catherine Feltham is a video producer and multi-media journalist with five years of previous marketing and project management experience. She has worked internationally and completed her first video documentary in 2012. She has an experience of working for a range of organisations from broadcasters (ITN) to production companies and NGOs.